Ohio and its large Ukrainian community near Cleveland are ready to welcome refugees while numerous agencies on all levels of government—local, state, and federal—are preparing to help assimilate them into the American way of life. Wearing a small blue-and-yellow ribbon—the colors of the Ukrainian flag—pinned on his suit jacket, Gov. Mike DeWine led the Ohio Ukrainian Summit, a forum for resettlement, housing, and job services groups on March 17. DeWine was greeted by St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s two orthodox priests Rev. John Nakonachny and Rev. Michael Hontaruk, whose brother-in-law is fighting against the Russians in Ukraine. The event was attended by about 200 people at the church’s Grand Hall in the Ukrainian Village section of Parma, Ohio, west of Cleveland. Sponsored by Ohio Job and Family Services, the summit included about 10 other speakers. It was somewhat of a welcoming launch and a unified showing of Ohioans’ continued support of …